bring (someone/something) to (their) knees

to destroy or defeat someone or something.

Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees.

The strikes brought the economy to its knees.

• heaven forbid
• Heaven help
• Heaven help someone
• heaven on earth
• heavens opened
• heavy date
• heavy-duty
• heavy-handed
• heavy hitter
• heavy petting
• He can whistle for it!
• heck of a
• heck of a lot of
• heck of a lot of something
• heck of a someone
• heck of a something
• hedge bets
• hedge your bets
• he doesn't have a ... bone in his body
• he doesn't have a jealous bone in his body
• he doesn't have a [jealous, mean, unkind etc.] bone in his body
• he doesn't have a mean bone in his body
• he doesn't have a unkind bone in his body
• height of
• height of something